ABSTRACT

This paper examines the evolving genre of university lectures. It focuses on synchronous online lectures. The aim of the study is to shed some light on how interaction between teacher and students unfolds in large English-medium instruction (EMI) lectures in the digital context. A qualitative multimodal microanalysis of an episode of interaction was performed from an (inter)action multimodal analysis framework. This preliminary exploratory study reveals the structural and multimodal complexity of interaction in live online lectures. EMI teacher’s semiotic resources combine to make meaning comprehensible in a lingua franca and to engage learners in a virtual context where there is not eye-contact with them. Suggestions are made to undertake contrastive studies on interaction in online and face-to-face lectures that may respond to the need of EMI teacher training. This paper aims to contribute to the literature of this still unexplored academic instructional digital genre.

摘要

本文考察了不断演变的大学讲座类型。它专注于同步在线讲座。该研究的目的是阐明教师和学生之间的互动如何在数字环境中的大型英语媒介教学 (EMI) 讲座中展开。从（相互作用）多模态分析框架中对相互作用的情节进行定性多模态微观分析。这项初步探索性研究揭示了实时在线讲座中交互的结构和多模式复杂性。EMI 教师的符号学资源相结合，使通用语言中的含义变得易于理解，并使学习者在没有与他们进行目光接触的虚拟环境中互动。建议对在线和面对面讲座中的互动进行对比研究，以响应EMI教师培训的需要。本文旨在为这一尚未探索的学术教学数字体裁的文献做出贡献。